About Pehla Village

Pehla is a mid sized village in Karahal tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,739, made up of 923 males and 816 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4073 hectares hectares.

Pehla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pehla village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sheopur
Tehsil	Karahal
Area (hectares)	4073 hectares
Population	1,739
Male Population	923
Female Population	816
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pehla compares

By the 2011 count Pehla is the 15th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents. Its 4073 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Pehla

Pehla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pehla as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pehla from other places

Pehla lies about 33 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Sheopur Kalan, about 33 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Pehla
Tehsil headquarters	Karahal	19 km
District headquarters	Sheopur	33 km
Nearest railway station	Sheopur Kalan	33 km

Villages closest to Pehla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karahal tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Pehla

As per the Census of India 2011, Pehla village had a population of 1,739. That makes it the 15th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents.

Pehla village has 923 males and 816 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pehla has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Pehla covers 4073 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pehla falls under Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pehla is Sheopur Kalan, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pehla.

Pehla is about 33 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pehla is in Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district. Karahal is about 19 km away. Sheopur is about 33 km away. Sheopur Kalan is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.